Michael Kopech, after just 14 1/3 inning pitched at the major league level, has a UCL tear and will likely undergo Tommy John surgery, missing the rest of this season and likely all of 2019, the team announced Friday. Kopech has UCL tear. Recommendation is Tommy John — Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) September 7, 2018 There […]
Author: Collin Whitchurch
South Side Morning 4: For Starters
1. Michael Kopech’s second career start and first non-rain shortened start didn’t feature a lot of the electric bat-missing stuff we saw in his abbreviated debut last week, but six innings of one-run ball with only four strikeouts still offered plenty of glimpses of why the White Sox believe he could be a front-end starter […]
Michael Kopech Flashes the Goods In Abbreviated Debut
Michael Kopech’s highly-anticipated major league debut brought with it all the excitement one might expect. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans as a 52-minute rain relay after the second inning ended the 22-year-old phenom’s night much earlier than anticipated. It’s a logical if not disappointing outcome to the most anticipated White Sox game in a […]
Notable White Sox Pitching Debuts From Recent History
One game does not a career make. Michael Kopech will make his White Sox debut Tuesday, with the hype surrounding it unparalleled in team history. There have been a lot of good and exciting pitchers in the organization over the years, but the attention being paid to prospects is at an all-time high, what with the […]
The Michael Kopech Hype Is Real And Important And He’s Finally Coming To Chicago
Michael Kopech is ready for the major leagues. He has been for a while, it’s probably safe to say, but all the hand-wringing about why he hasn’t been called up — and the reasons why — will now transition into anticipation for what we’ll see when he makes his debut Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins, […]
How valuable is Adam Engel’s defense?
How valuable can a player who provides nothing offensively be? That’s a question I’ve wondered throughout much of this season in regard to Adam Engel, and particularly this week as he’s thrust himself into the spotlight with insane home run robbing highlights on three separate occasions. Engel’s been a source of frustration in this space […]
South Side Morning 5: The Major League Team
We’ve spent a good portion of the second half of the season talking about pretty much everything except the major league White Sox. That’s understandable. The White Sox are headed toward another bottom five finish, and subjects like when Eloy Jimenez is coming up, Michael Kopech seemingly starting to figure things out, trades or lack […]
The Catbird Speaks 8.3.18: Free Eloy!
Collin Whitchurch, Mark Primiano, and Frank Firke got together on a Thursday evening to talk about a number of White Sox things. Such as: -Disappointment over the fact that the White Sox have yet to promote phenom Eloy Jimenez as he continues to lay waste to Triple-A pitching. -Michael Kopech’s bumpier minor league season and […]
White Sox quiet at deadline, which doesn’t necessarily mean they’re done
As the deals flew in ahead of the 3 p.m. CT trade deadline Tuesday, the White Sox stayed mostly quiet, making a lone deal with the Tampa Bay Rays for minor-league lefty Hunter Schryver in exchange for international bonus money. James Shields, Jose Abreu, Luis Avilan, Xavier Cedeno, and everyone else remain. It was, as […]
Is Carlos Rodon starting to become the pitcher of our dreams?
Four and a half year ago, one of the first articles I published when I started writing about baseball was, essentially, a giant swoon over Carlos Rodon. Rodon was still a junior at NC State, but with the White Sox holding the third pick in the 2014 draft, there was a chance — although it […]